I can be good with that. cause like Stephen A. Smith I have no probelsm with changing my opinion when I see citrcunmstances change. That's just manning up keeepin it real like Steven says.

Being serious for a minute, the stratgegy of giving up treys for interior help D was amazing last night by OKC. Worked to perfection.

Same defense Boston threw at them, they just didn't have the firepower to put enough points on the board.

I've got OKC in 6. I think that they split at home, and it's a slugfest in Miami.

Unfortunately, the Heat ability to hang depends on a) Wade waking up and at least outplaying Westbrook, and b) the bench playing at replacement level, which is easier if they give Bosh the rock when he's running with the second unit out there. They consistently under utilize him, even when he's healthy.

Going to be a fun series, either way. (Provided Lebron doesn't go batshit like he did in the last two games of the Celts series)

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mini-LBJ is just getting his sea legs under him, and Wade is dead... deader than dead... a useless sack of shit that is actually gettin in LBJ's way more than he is helping. Every big game the Heat have won these playoffs Wade has sat the fuck down and let LBJ be LBJ, everytime he tries to run the offense for the last three minutes they lose.

And Avery Bradley is better than Sefolosha.... that injury was HUGE for Boston.

That's what I thought, although it is no surprise that today's numbers are way way up. Besides the 10 years of the Magic, Bird, Jordan transition there probably isn't a better time to be a fan, considering the individual stars, and media access.

Criminals in this town used to believe in things...honor, respect."I heard your dog is sick, so bought you this shovel"

Why do that? I don't give a shit if it's Boston-LA. Take the extra day of travel time and play it so the best record actually receives an advantage.

Only in the Finals? What's the effing point. These goddamn seasons are like bowling seasons anyway with about a week off between them and it's not like these guys are traveling GreyHound from one side of the country to the other.

I don't think Spoelstra is horrible. I don't think Spoelstra is good. I think he's just a guy and one that will be feted or praised for doing not much more than watching LBJ finally (and naturally) figure out that attacking the rim pays the biggest dividends.

Man that sucks. OKC just too young, too dumb at times. Harden not having a stellar finals. Durant not getting on the glass tonight. Wade not getting hit hard enough. Inconsistent offense/energy. Now that last one is not uncommon but they do seem to go long stretches just playing ISO without a lot of ball movement.

dmiles wrote:Man that sucks. OKC just too young, too dumb at times. Harden not having a stellar finals. Durant not getting on the glass tonight. Wade not getting hit hard enough. Inconsistent offense/energy. Now that last one is not uncommon but they do seem to go long stretches just playing ISO without a lot of ball movement.

Yeah, the Thunder seem to be borrowing the Heat's offense from last year.

I suppose there's a reason real young teams don't win this thing much.

They can't do anything with Lebron, and if guys are hitting those open jumpers arising from the double team in the post it's all over.

And enough with the "veteran Derek Fisher" and all the pep talks and bullshit. You know what OKC needs at that position? A guy that can actually play.

Up 17, Westbrook going off....and still not enough. Harden's head is scrambled. Big trouble.

leadpipe wrote:Christ, the Cavs havent had 3 better ones in their entire history.

Fitch, Daly, and Lenny.

I'd take Spo, and for that matter, George Karl over Lenny and Fitch.

And the subjectiveness is to the point. Cause Rivers "coached circles" around Spo in the Boston series. But what happened last year when the Heat won in 5? Spo had nothing to do with that? But he had a huge hand in the losses this year?

Point being, there are VERY few REALLY good coaches. And there's a few total jag-offs. And there's everyone else. For the most part it's everyone else, and the guys that PLAY determine the outcomes. Spo ain't close to the jag-off category.

Swerb wrote:Go start a blog if you want to tell the world your incomprehendible ramblings.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.

If they go on and win, the sun will rise the following morning. It's not like LBJ is gonna come knocking door to door and shoving the O'Brien trophy in everyone's face screaming, "Na na nana naaaa". The only household he might do that to is Gilbert's.

Credit Miami for becoming the aggressor and consistently taking it to the rim and converting. Miami is playing to it's strengths these past 2 games. Example last night. Westbrook drives and scores, Wade breaks down court and converts an easy Miami layup as OKC is still transitioning to D. Miami is playing like everything is on the line.

Galley Boys are slop on top of a so-so burger and a bun you coulde get from a Covneninet food mart generic pack. They the Antoine Joubert of burgers; soft, sloppy, oozing grease and cheap sauce and extremely overrated by a biased fan base. Proof that if you throw enough cheap sauce shit on a burger you still can't overcome the lame burger. -JB

Larvell Blanks wrote:If they go on and win, the sun will rise the following morning. It's not like LBJ is gonna come knocking door to door and shoving the O'Brien trophy in everyone's face screaming, "Na na nana naaaa".

Don't worry, E$PN will do that plenty enough for him.

Meanwhile, I'm having a hard time convincing myself I'm not hearing the death throes of the Presti Plan.

"The fucking Who...... If I want to watch old people run around ill go set fire to a nursing home." - CDT

I want the Heat and LeBron to win. Acceptance. Get it over with and get over it. This franchise did what it needed to do off season to add the final pieces and role players instead of the Ferry way of incompetance or mealey mouthed excuses. Bron is the best player in the NBA and his dues have been paid. Just get out all the butt hurt. With Boston fading fast and OKC loking at some cap trickiness near term Miami is lind up until wade crashes and burns in another coupole seasons. Accept or bail on the NBA and read a book.

Having said that, Mike Bibby and Chris Weber texted me last night and both thought the checks and the flops and the hand play calls, particularly in the "act of acting errrrrrrrrrrrrr shooting" were the most one sided they'd ever seen.

Last take - can you even imagine the mdia if Bron turned in Durant's game last night? So empty.

And the 2 - 3 - 2 is the worst and most deflating non-crescendo in sports.

I want the Heat and LeBron to win. Acceptance. Get it over with and get over it. This franchise did what it needed to do off season to add the final pieces and role players instead of the Ferry way of incompetance or mealey mouthed excuses. Bron is the best player in the NBA and his dues have been paid. Just get out all the butt hurt. With Boston fading fast and OKC loking at some cap trickiness near term Miami is lind up until wade crashes and burns in another coupole seasons. Accept or bail on the NBA and read a book.

Having said that, Mike Bibby and Chris Weber texted me last night and both thought the checks and the flops and the hand play calls, particularly in the "act of acting errrrrrrrrrrrrr shooting" were the most one sided they'd ever seen.

I didn't think I'd get there but I am too. Maybe it was forced on me but that's alright. I don't feel miserable about it at all.

And LBJ has been ridiculous. He figured it out even if he's a douchebag and a tool. Had he approached it like this years back he may already have that ring.

peeker643 wrote:I didn't think I'd get there but I am too. Maybe it was forced on me but that's alright. I don't feel miserable about it at all.

And LBJ has been ridiculous. He figured it out even if he's a douchebag and a tool. Had he approached it like this years back he may already have that ring.

No he wouldn't have.

Ferry was unable to put the supporting cast along side im. he was a bung hole then and he's a bung hole now. But Mo Sucki and a burned out Z and the rest of the scrubs, bench players and bad draftees and FA's didn't amount to much nmore than the Charlotte Bobcats.

Bron has turned in a Durant 6-19-12 performance, so I'm not sure what your point is on that.

Other than that I'm not conceding anything other than LeBron has stepped up this post season and fine tuned his approach, and he hasn't had as much help from Wade as one would have thought. So right now, as of 9:35am EST on 6-20-12 LBJ is earning it.

But please don't revise history and tell me it's raining, he had enough of a supporting cast to get er done in 2010, until HE chose to take his ball and go home.

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Unfortunately, JB is right. Seeing Mario Chalmers, Norris Cole, Battier, and Haslem play their asses off out there just reinforced the prospect of how horrible those Cleveland benches were. Soft, too, outside of Varejao and Dwest.

Thunder just weren't up to the moment, last night. Durant had no idea what to do with the ball in his hands....either a quick, non-rhythm method shot, or a bad drive/pass. The only reason that game was even close is because Westbrook when OUT OF HIS MIND for a quarter and a half.....and most of those buckets were of the "oh god don't do that YESSSSSSS" variety.

Can't believe the game was even that close with the stinkfest Harden and Durant had last night. Scrambled is right.

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jb wrote:Get it over with and get over it. This franchise did what it needed to do off season to add the final pieces and role players instead of the Ferry way of incompetance or mealey mouthed excuses.

Our best chance would've been to add Shuttlesworth and Amare. And Amare wasn't coming.

Nobody was ever coming here to win with Lebron.

"The fucking Who...... If I want to watch old people run around ill go set fire to a nursing home." - CDT

I will say this: every tyime the Thunder got to the precipice of pulling away again (early 2nd half) or getting over (4tgh Qtr) there was always some BS non-foul call on them and they received non-calls in the exact same circumstances. We'll never know if they were up to the moemnet as the moemnt kept being alterted in the moment.

And madre/Doug I don't have any idea what you are talking about either. It's like saying the Pistons plan wasn't working in 87 when Bird stole the ball. A great collection of talent that gels just isn't fully baked yet. Theyare making huge, important steps each year. Their only challenge is keeping Serge & James A. Garfield under the cap.

And the cavs roster in 2010 was bull crap, even compared to Miami's role players. And there was certainly no Meryl Streep Wade and Lord Valdamort along side him here.

jb wrote:Get it over with and get over it. This franchise did what it needed to do off season to add the final pieces and role players instead of the Ferry way of incompetance or mealey mouthed excuses.

Our best chance would've been to add Shuttlesworth and Amare. And Amare wasn't coming.

Nobody was ever coming here to win with Lebron.

Which of course meant he could never draft a decent player or make a decent trade other than the minor deal getting Andy.